Invertible hanger carrier

ABSTRACT

A multiple use hanger carrier with a larger hook at one end for placement on a person&#39;&#39;s shoulder, and a smaller hook at the other end for placement on a clothes pole or the like, these hooks being at opposite sides of a scroll-shaped central shank portion which also carries a multiapertured pendant or chain to support a plurality of ordinary coat hangers or the like. Either hook can be used to suspend the item from a counter edge or shelf.

United States Patent James H. Barry 7123 Olivetu, La Jolln, Call. 92037[21 Appl. No. 885,249

[22] Filed Dec. 15, 1969 [4S] Patented Dec. 28, 1971 [72] Inventor [54]INVERTIBLE HANGER CARRIER 1 Claim, 4 Drawing 1 1 s21 U.S. v1 248/215,243/205, 248/340 5 1 1111. 01 715/00 501 Field ofsflldl 243/215, 317,339, 34o;211/1 13;224/s R, s r

[56] References cm uum-zn STATES PATENTS 1,027,672 5/1912 Sime 248/317 x1,333,692 3/1926 W617i. .42.? -fat/2T5 2,064,133 l2/ 1936 VonSchroeder.. 248/(HH) 2,289,945 7/ l 942 Wadaack 224/5 2,609,104 9/1952Leach 211/113 3,021,020 2/ l 962 De Kock 224/5 X PrimaryExaminer-William H. Schultz Attorney- Knox 81 Knox ABSTRACT: A multipleuse hanger carrier with a larger hook at one end for placement on aperson's shoulder, and a smaller hook at the other end for placement ona clothes pole or the like, these hooks being at opposite sides of ascroll-shaped central shank portion which also carries a multiaperturedpendant or chain to support a plurality of ordinary coat hanger: or thelike. Either hook can be uzed to suspend the item from a counter edge orshelf.

Patented Dec. 28, 1971 3,630,415-

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JAMES H. BARRY INVERTIBLE HANGER CARRIER BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Thediscomfort and awkwardness encountered in manually carrying a number ofladen coat hangers iswell recognized. When several of the hook portionsof such garment hangers are attempted to be supported by directlygrasping the same by hand, with any weighty clothing on the hangers,they cut painfully into the hand. This is true of the hooks on mostwooden and plastic hangers as well as the common wire hangers providedby commercial dry cleaners. Furthermore garment hangers cannot becarried at arm's length since garments would drag on the floor,resulting in an awkward attempt to carry garments slung over theshoulder or folded on an arm.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A generally scroll-shaped garment hangercarried supportable on a person s shoulder so that a number of ladencoat hangers or the like can be carried comfortably The carrier has apendant with multiple apertures for the hooks of such hangers. Theshoulder engaging portion, that is, the larger hook end of the carrier,is adapted for engaging a counter, bar or table edge and the smallerhook end of the carrier is suitable for engagement of a clothes pole orthe like, thus making the item very versatile in use.

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an isometric view of thecarrier;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the carrier, on a reduced scale andshowing the opposite side thereof and including a single wire coathanger attached to the pendant to suggest one mode of using the carrierwith the shoulder hook end engaged on the edge of a counter which isfragmentarily included in the upper part of the figure;

FIG. 3 is a view of the carrier on a reduced scale and indicated asinverted and engaged with a clothes rod, the pendant being omitted fromthis figure; and

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary showing of a variant form of shoulder hookportion equipped with a no-mar pivoted pad attachment.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now to the drawing,the carrier, generally indicated at 10, is generally scroll-shaped andmay be fabricated in flat form in plastic or other suitablesubstantially rigid material. A larger hook, hereinafter denominated theshoulder hook 12, at one end of a central shank portion 14, is opposedby a smaller hook, hereinafter called the pole hook 16 at the other endof the central shank portion. These hooks l2 and 16 and the centralshank portion are ordinarily unitary. The hooks 12 and 16 are thusdisposed on opposite sides as well as on opposite ends of the centralshank portion. In FIG. I the shoulder hook terminates in a flat padenlargement 18 which may be engaged with a counter edge 20 or any likesurface, or the shoulder hook may be used, as its name implies,supported on the shoulder of the user.

A pendant 22 with a plurality of linearly spaced apertures 24 isterminally and pivotally secured as at 26 to the central shank portion14 of the carrier. Garment hangers 28 may be hung by their hooks 30inserted individually into the apertures as indicated in FIG. I. Whenthus supported the shoulder hook 12 may be used as indicated in FIG. 2or placed on the shoulder for transporting a plurality of laden garmenthangers such as that indicated at 28.

Alternatively, the carrier may be inverted and the pole hook I6 may beengaged on a clothes rod 32 and the pendant employed as statedhereinabove or the hangers may in this instance be hung directly on theshoulder hook 12. Obviously this feature enables the user to arrangeseveral garments facing the front of a wardrobe rather than normal tothe usual suplporting clothes rod of a wardrobe. If the pendant 22 isused WI the carner In the inverted position shown in FIG. 3, the

lowermost of the hooks 12 or 16 may be used simultaneously for directsupport of a certain number of gannent hangers 28. The great versatilityof the carrier will be evident from a consideration of the foregoing.

The pad enlargement 18 has a contact face 38 which is substantiallynormal to a line theoretically drawn therefrom to the pivot 26. This padenlargement aids in preventing the terminal of the shoulder hook fromcausing discomfort in the shoulder of the person using the carrier andalso has no-mar characteristics when the item is supported on a counteras illustrated.

Finally, a variant of the shoulder hook, indicated at 12A in FIG. 4,includes a no-mar pad enlargement 34 which is pivotally attached by pin36 to the terminal of the shoulder hook. When the item is used asindicated in FIG. 2, this pivoted pad prevents damage to the supportingsurface 20 and when the carrier is supported on the shoulder of a userthis pivoted pad will usually self-orient itself to preventuncomfortable localization of pressure. The pad enlargement, eitherfixed as at 18 or pivoted as at 36 is small enough to avoid interferencein placing the shoulder hook on the shoulder.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A multiple use hanger carrier, comprising:

a rigid elongated scroll-shaped member having a central shank portion;

a larger shoulder hook at one end of said central shank portion and asmaller pole hook at the other end thereof;

said hooks being in the same general plane and in confrontingrelationship on opposite sides of said central shank portion; and

a flexible pendant tenninally secured to said central shank portion andhaving a plurality of links with openings dimensioned to accept thehooks of ordinary garment hangers;

said shoulder hook having a terminal pad having a contact facesubstantially normal to a line drawn therefrom to the pivotal connectionof said pendant so that the weight of a load of clothes hung on hangershooked onto said pendant will be applied normal to said face, thusavoiding damage to a horizontal surface on which said terminal pad maybe hung.

1. A multiple use hanger carrier, comprising: a rigid elongatedscroll-shaped member having a central shank portion; a larger shoulderhook at one end of said central shank portion and a smaller pole hook atthe other end thereof; said hooks being in the same general plane and inconfronting relationship on opposite sides of said central shankportion; and a flexible pendant terminally secured to said central shankportion and having a plurality of links with openings dimensioned toaccept the hooks of ordinary garment hangers; said shoulder hook havinga terminal pad having a contact face substantially normal to a linedrawn therefrom to the pivotal connection of said pendant so that theweight of a load of clothes hung on hangers hooked onto said pendantwill be applied normal to said face, thus avoiding damage to ahorizontal surface on which said terminal pad may be hung.